Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 19:01:45 -0500 From: Larry Rosenman <ler@FreeBSD.org> To: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas Message-ID: <39d7dec472c4d937404aabba91a5ead6@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <246adde5-6a7a-4102-abb4-16c766ea78d1@freebsd.org> References: <861r36xzpe.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> <66b556bf-e797-483b-b377-182859be572a@www.fastmail.com> <246adde5-6a7a-4102-abb4-16c766ea78d1@freebsd.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --=_8dd0cffa7efb31d55063887bc75e5b63 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On 11/24/2021 4:46 pm, Allan Jude wrote: > On 11/24/2021 2:42 AM, Dave Cottlehuber wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Nov 2021, at 22:41, Joseph Mingrone wrote: >>> Hello FreeBSD community, >>> >>> The Foundation is seeking suggestions for new projects to support. >>> What >>> gaps in the Project are not being addressed by the broader community? >>> >>> You can read about past Foundation-supported projects at >>> https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/projects/ and the Foundation's >>> four main areas of focus in the 'Technology Roadmap' article at >>> https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/technology-roadmap/. >>> >>> Right now we are gathering ideas. We will send out a call for >>> project >>> grant proposals soon. If you prefer to send your project ideas >>> directly >>> to the Foundation, we will be monitoring responses at >>> techteam@freebsdfoundation.org. >>> >>> -- >>> Joe (with Foundation hat on) >> >> Some new ideas. >> >> 1. updated kmod ports for point releases. >> >> we should be able to ship an x+1 RELEASE *and* have the appropriate >> kmod ports available at the same time. I know that unplanned API >> breakage is rare, but when it does happen, its absolutely brutal for >> end users. >> >> 2. a decent ports CI >> >> At least for committers, and for regular maintainers, we should be >> able to have some common-sense pre-commit build checks done at least >> on tier 1 architectures easily without human intervention. >> >> 3. jail creation and usage as non-root >> >> nuff said. >> >> 4. more programmable/scriptable configs >> >> I would love to see FreeBSD be the programmable server environment. >> >> - libxo all the things >> - more stuff like libifconfig libpf libzfs -- "lib-ify" all the things >> - UCL all the things >> >> A+ >> Dave >> > > I was discussing the idea of 'user jails' with a few people around > EuroBSDcon. Do you have some specific user cases, and/or ideas of what > would be allowed and not allowed? Back to the topic: Can I PLEASE get some help on sysutils/lsof (which has been broken for all of 13 and 14's lifetime)? If I can't, I'm going to rmport it. -- Larry Rosenman http://people.freebsd.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: ler@FreeBSD.org US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Dr, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106 --=_8dd0cffa7efb31d55063887bc75e5b63 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc; size=484 Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEyBAEBCAAdFiEEHjgknedhWzvJgwVzaXyZsatIp30FAmGe0m4ACgkQaXyZsatI p339agf3fk+WmojVAzSWfaSvIK8++pXnzJfgOld83sg+hZ8C0+SxhpAvucGcgGF/ TRpwOHxFx4UdT2XnwpfaibBQxw9uxBiK5ORvo6vmYzQqR11XelNdTwNoSlULQVEU wfGaH7O9+FUZ67dbQ7UzlkWG7Hke+sp4ll4HNEwfKsPcAT6WduK/1heiC5DLK/gP kiFUuTO2GdJ0p4EpRW/Zs1rcFkBTnfTVDHzNgnRO71KqO1YfbGBvTlD3TDTUH3Iy UzFrEvwO/fTFTP8EAAsVFd48waAy5wRss0tvWYY/7brFlegUPFVYhDCttrq8U5eF t7qZst0IJjjALqEaKhW0Hv1cgAEc =uidZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_8dd0cffa7efb31d55063887bc75e5b63--
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